<font color="#000088">I started cutting at about 10-11 years old, and now I'm 34 years old, and I haven't cut for 7 years! But throughout those entire 7 years, I did struggle hard with the urges, and the cravings to cut. I just had to fight it with everything I had inside of me. I have never heard of a self-harmer that had quit, that didn't still struggle with the urges, and cravings to do it again, especially at times in their life when things were the most stressful! It doesn't just go away for good, like washing your hands, and it's gone! That urge will creep up on you at your most vulnerable points in life, and go to work with the cravings to do it,just to ease your pain. Because at one point in life, that was a big part of your life, and it worked for you. Your brain will remember that, and when you are very stressed, it will go back to that as a way to relieve that stress, and the urges will come back hard!
But you've got to fight them, the best you can, and recondition your brain with new coping mechanisms to fight the stress when it hits. So the urges won't be as strong, but they'll still be there! IMHO! With 7 years of non-self-harming, and urges attacking me constantly! I think I'd know!

I wish you the best in fighting them off, and stay safe my friend!
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